Improvement in stove-pipe shelves



m. BENNET;

Stove-Pipe Shelves.

Patented May 18,1875.

4 dz UXW THE GRAPHIC CO. PHOTO 'LITH.39 R41PARK PLACE,N.Y.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MILTON BENNET, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT lN STOVE-PIPE SHELVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1632445, dated May 18,1875 application filed February 13, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILTON BENNET, a resident of Dayton, State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stove-Pipe Shelves; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

The object of my invention is to provide a stove-pipe support whichshall serve for convenience as a shelf in disposing of various utensilsin use upon a stove, as will hereafter be explained.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains tomake and use the same, I would thus describe it, referring to theaccompanying drawing, in whicl1 Figure 1 is a rear view of the upperpart of a stove provided with my improved shelf. Fig. 2 is a side viewof the. same. Fig. 3 is a top view of the same.

The following is a description of my invention:

Upon the top of the stove, at the rear, and on each side of the pipe,are secured two standards or legs, A A, of any shape and length. Themanner of securing these rods is immaterial, since they may fit intodovetails cast upon the stove top or back, or they may be fastened bymeans of screws, or in any other convenient manner. Their tops areprovided with three or more shoulders, upon which is securely fastenedthe shelf B. This shelf is preferably made of cast-iron, and may beperforated, as shown. Around its edge are a number of projecting hooksfor hanging such utensils as may be in frequent demand. The stove-pipe Dpasses through the opening in the shelf provided for it, and into whichit snugly fits. The location of this opening for the pipe is optional,and will, in a measure, depend upon the shape and size of the stove. Thelocation of the standards A A will also depend upon the relativearrangements of the other parts.

For further convenience a small stationary or swinging bracket, E, issecured to one or both of the upright standards. This will be foundespecially useful in disposing of the stove-plates when removed for anypurpose.

I am aware that shelves have been employed in connection withstove-pipes, and have been supported bya standard, either independent ofor attached to the pipe, which was made to bear part of the strain.These shelves were pivoted at their corners, and were incapable ofsustaining much weight.

My invention, on the contrary, by the employment of two standardsprovided with shoulders, forms a rigid support for the shelf, andenables it to sustain great weight, and also to prevent the stove-pipefrom becoming dislocated.

Havingfully described my invention, I claim as new The combination ofthe shelf B, surrounding the pipe and provided with projecting hooks,the standards A, constructed as described, and bracket E, substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

' Witness my hand this 8th day of February, A. D. 1875.

MILTON BENN ET.

